June 19, 2026

Why former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer ranks Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence ahead of Justin Fields for 2020


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Urban Meyer should know Justin Fields better than any other national football analyst. The former Ohio State coach still works in the athletic department in addition to his duties as a Fox Sports analyst. He also knows Fields’ new quarterbacks coach well. It’s his son-in-law, Corey Dennis. When ranking his top quarterbacks for 2020, however, Meyer still put Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence at the top of his list. “I had Fields and Trevor right next to each other,” Meyer said in a Fox segment on Wednesday. “I picked Trevor Lawrence for one reason — he played one more year. That was it.” Fields was the Heisman Trophy finalist in 2019, not Lawrence. But Lawrence won the head-to-head matchup in the College Football Playoff at the Fiesta Bowl after also winning the national championship in 2018 as a true freshman. Meyer still had plenty of praise for Fields, who…

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